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No. 624,249. Patented May 2, I899.

' J. J. REHUA.

FLY PAPER CAGE.

(Application filed July 1,1898.

(No Model.)

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J OI IN J. REQUA, OF NEW YORK, -N. Y.

FLY-PAPER CAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,249, dated. May 2, 1899.

Application filed July 1, 1898. Serial No. 684,917. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. REQUA, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, (Brooklyn,) county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly Paper Cages, of which the'followin g is a specification.

My invention consists of a skeleton cage or crib adapted for the reception of sticky flypaper, such as is commonly used for catching Fig. 2 is a perspective view, and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

It is well known that in the common use of fly-paper it is generally placed on a table or other convenient place where it may be laid readily without any means of protection against accidentally placing the hands or other objects on the sticky matter and without means of suspending it where it will not be exposed to such disagreeable contingencies. I therefore have provided a new article of manufacture for such protection and for the better supporting and more conveniently and desirably placing the fiy-paper for use, said article consisting generally of a skeleton cage or crib of woven wire or other approved construction having a supportingbase, on which the paper may be suitably laid for its use and be held within the cage, and a cover affording protection against contact with the sticky surface of the paper without obstructing ingress of the flies.

In this example of my invention I represent a wire construction whereof the base comprises suitable longitudinal wires a b and It is to be noticed that the cage is open at I the ends between the cross-wires c and bows f to permit inserting and removing the fly paper sheets; but the ends may be closed with like open-work parts, one or both of which may be hinged or otherwise fitted for displacement to permit application and removal of the fly-paper.

It will be seen that in such a cage the flypaper may be used on a table or other like place with perfect immunity from the evils of so using the unprotected paper, and it may also be suspended, as indicated by the lines It.

The facility of hanging the fly-paper is an especial advantage when the normal temperature is chilly, because the flies then congre gate in the warmer stratum of air close to the ceiling, and the disagreeable unsightly object is much less in view when suspended.

I claim The improved article of manufacture consisting of a skeleton cage or crib, having a supporting=base on which the paper may be suitably laid for use, and be held within the cage, and a cover aifording protection against contact with the sticky surface of the paper without obstructing ingress ofthe flies, said cage having a suitable opening for inserting 7 and removing the paper substantially as described.

Signed by me, at New York, this 10th day of 

